Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈfɪzɪkəl/
physical
- Having to do with the body.
- Are you feeling any physical effects?
- Having to do with the material world.
- Labour, in the physical world, is […] employed in putting objects in motion.
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
- It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.
- Involving bodily force.
- This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.
- Having to do with physics.
- The substance has a number of interesting physical properties.
- (computing) Not virtual; directly corresponding to [[hardware operation.]]
- (obsolete) Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.
- Physical herbs.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Is Brutus sick? and is it physical / To walk unbraced, and suck up the humours / Of the dank morning?
- mental, psychological; having to do with the mind viewed as distinct from body.
- French: physiologique, physique
- German: körperlich, physisch
- Portuguese: físico
- Russian: теле́сный
- Spanish: físico
- French: physique
- German: physisch, materiell, stofflich
- Italian: fisico
- Portuguese: físico
- Russian: физи́ческий
- Spanish: físico
- French: physique
- German: physikalisch
- Portuguese: físico
- Russian: физи́ческий
- Spanish: físico
physical (plural physicals)
- Physical examination.
- How long has it been since your last physical?
- Synonyms: checkup, check-up
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